{"id":10825,"date":"2023-06-17T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/june-harvest\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T21:05:14","slug":"june-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/june-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"June harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From early June, you have to go around every day to harvest the berries. This often takes half the day. <\/p>\n\n

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In the morning, we start with raspberries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just 4 rows, but they’re well loaded. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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About the same amount per day from early to mid-June. Then comes Drosophila suzukii, which bites most of the fruit, leaving little or nothing to pick. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The second obligatory step is the redcurrants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Harvesting currants takes only a week or 10 days.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The murier tree bears fruit throughout June, with new black berries every day. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The fruit is very sweet and very stale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The serviceberry bushes are in full production. There’s the long-cluster variety, with pink or violet fruits, to be picked almost one by one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And the variety with tight bunches, to be harvested in dark blue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I prefer purple and pink saskatoons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These yellow-orange fruits are Japanese medlars (Eriobotrya japonica). There are a lot of them this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Then, of course, the cherries. It’s a weak year, but they’re always too many anyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Are they worm-free? Not quite: worms were found in around 20% of the samples. Cherry flies are definitely a tough nut to crack. There were plenty caught in the pheromone trap, but some slipped through. We’ll have to put in two traps next year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Around June 10, blueberries begin to appear, and are harvested for about a month, in several staggered varieties. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is the fruit that requires the most patience and attention to pick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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June is the month with the most varieties of fruit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Before the end of the month, there will be even more different berries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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June is also guava blossom season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Guavas will have to wait until October.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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